DC officials hope to thwart disabled parking permit abuse

Published 1:34 pm, Sunday, August 14, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia officials are finalizing plans they hope will stop drivers from abusing disabled parking permits.

The Washington Post reports (http://wapo.st/2bstNRu ) that city officials have been consulting with advocates for people with disabilities others for more than a year to come up with a way to ensure reserved parking spaces are being used only by those who really need them.

Under the new rules are still being finalized, people with disability placards will no longer be able to park for free downtown. Officials are also planning to dramatically scale back the number of reserved parking spaces for the disabled.

Leif Dormsjo is director of the District Department of Transportation. He says the reserved spaces will be in the "highly-sought-after, high-demand areas of the city."